Rocking Pods - Surgeon General’s Warning
If you carry pods on the field, which I’ll bet you do, you may be in danger of contracting a severely debilitating disease. Let me break it down for you.
Disease Profile -
Disease Name: Podosaurus Galoria
Common Name: Pod Addiction
Symptoms: Commonly found among tournament and speedball paintball players, although it has been found in the woodsball population as well. Crossover players are especially at risk. This disease is characterized by an often emptied wallet and a scattering of empty plastic bags over a player’s staging area. The diseased person often has at least five pods on him at all times while on the field. Rarely will they be found without an electronic gun. Parents are often enablers of this disease by not exercising proper control and paying for all the paint.
It becomes quite evident that someone is diseased up witnessing the fact that they seem to shoot endlessly, claiming that if they “shoot enough, they have to get someone out”. This state of delusion and madness is the sign that they are well and truly gone.
Treatment and Cure: First of all, diagnosing and realizing that you or your friends have a problem is a big step. I remember the first time I admitted I was addicted to mayonnaise sandwiches. It was tough, but it felt really good to let that go.
Next, try playing some hopper ball, until you finish games by winning or being shot out, not by running out of paint. It’s tough. You might wanna wean yourself gradually by slowly playing with fewer pods over a few times playing.
Now, tournaments are a little different in the fact that you typically throw a little more paint, but it’s important to be able to make use of a few balls when that’s all you’ve got left in a game.
October 17th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
Dam, I wish my parents paid for paint! I never use more than 4 pods.
October 24th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
No joke, my 3 pod NXe pack always serves me perfectly well.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:56 am
I carry 4 on a scenario field. I carry 1-2 on a speedball field.
How many times do I need to miss someone?
Then again, I thought you were going to refute the “it’s ok to steal pods” argument someone made on the forums. The jist was it was ok to steal pods, if they’re just laying out on the field or on a table. My argument was that, by the logic presented, it’s ok to steal the authors car that’s just laying around in a parking lot.